101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4035

 

Introduced 1/8/2020, by Rep. Grant Wehrli

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-17a  from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a

    Amends the School Code. With regard to school report cards, provides that, except as required by federal law or for data collected uniformly for all ethnic subgroups among the entire student population in this State, any data collected by the State Board of Education pertaining to students may not be disaggregated by ethnic subgroups. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
510-17a as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-17a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
7    Sec. 10-17a. State, school district, and school report
8cards.
9    (1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent
10school year, the State Board of Education, through the State
11Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card,
12school district report cards, and school report cards, and
13shall by the most economic means provide to each school
14district in this State, including special charter districts and
15districts subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report
16cards for the school district and each of its schools.
17    (2) In addition to any information required by federal law,
18the State Superintendent shall determine the indicators and
19presentation of the school report card, which must include, at
20a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained by
21the State Board of Education related to the following:
22        (A) school characteristics and student demographics,
23    including average class size, average teaching experience,

 

 

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1    student racial/ethnic breakdown (which data must be
2    collected by the State Board uniformly for all ethnic
3    subgroups among the entire student population in this
4    State), and the percentage of students classified as
5    low-income; the percentage of students classified as
6    English learners; the percentage of students who have
7    individualized education plans or 504 plans that provide
8    for special education services; the number and percentage
9    of all students who have been assessed for placement in a
10    gifted education or advanced academic program and, of those
11    students: (i) the racial and ethnic breakdown (which data
12    must be collected by the State Board uniformly for all
13    ethnic subgroups among the entire student population in
14    this State), (ii) the percentage who are classified as
15    low-income, and (iii) the number and percentage of students
16    who received direct instruction from a teacher who holds a
17    gifted education endorsement and, of those students, the
18    percentage who are classified as low-income; the
19    percentage of students scoring at the "exceeds
20    expectations" level on the assessments required under
21    Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code; the percentage of students
22    who annually transferred in or out of the school district;
23    average daily attendance; the per-pupil operating
24    expenditure of the school district; and the per-pupil State
25    average operating expenditure for the district type
26    (elementary, high school, or unit);

 

 

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1        (B) curriculum information, including, where
2    applicable, Advanced Placement, International
3    Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment
4    courses, foreign language classes, school personnel
5    resources (including Career Technical Education teachers),
6    before and after school programs, extracurricular
7    activities, subjects in which elective classes are
8    offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the
9    average number of days of Physical Education per week per
10    student), approved programs of study, awards received,
11    community partnerships, and special programs such as
12    programming for the gifted and talented, students with
13    disabilities, and work-study students;
14        (C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the
15    percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of
16    State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth
17    grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students who
18    participated in workplace learning experiences, the
19    percentage of students enrolled in post-secondary
20    institutions (including colleges, universities, community
21    colleges, trade/vocational schools, and training programs
22    leading to career certification within 2 semesters of high
23    school graduation), the percentage of students graduating
24    from high school who are college and career ready, and the
25    percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges,
26    colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses

 

 

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1    that the community college, college, or university
2    identifies as a developmental course;
3        (D) student progress, including, where applicable, the
4    percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5
5    credits or more without failing more than one core class, a
6    measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a
7    measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter
8    high school on track for college and career readiness;
9        (E) the school environment, including, where
10    applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10
11    absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with
12    less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other
13    than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to
14    the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term
15    disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the
16    percentage of teachers returning to the school from the
17    previous year, the number of different principals at the
18    school in the last 6 years, the number of teachers who hold
19    a gifted education endorsement, the process and criteria
20    used by the district to determine whether a student is
21    eligible for participation in a gifted education program or
22    advanced academic program and the manner in which parents
23    and guardians are made aware of the process and criteria, 2
24    or more indicators from any school climate survey selected
25    or approved by the State and administered pursuant to
26    Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with the same or similar

 

 

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1    indicators included on school report cards for all surveys
2    selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section
3    2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of
4    teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most
5    recent evaluation;
6        (F) a school district's and its individual schools'
7    balanced accountability measure, in accordance with
8    Section 2-3.25a of this Code;
9        (G) the total and per pupil normal cost amount the
10    State contributed to the Teachers' Retirement System of the
11    State of Illinois in the prior fiscal year for the school's
12    employees, which shall be reported to the State Board of
13    Education by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
14    of Illinois;
15        (H) for a school district organized under Article 34 of
16    this Code only, State contributions to the Public School
17    Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and State
18    contributions for health care for employees of that school
19    district;
20        (I) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as
21    defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section
22    18-8.15 of this Code;
23        (J) a school district's Local Capacity Target, as
24    defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section
25    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
26        (K) a school district's Real Receipts, as defined in

 

 

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1    paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 of this
2    Code, divided by a school district's Adequacy Target, as
3    defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section
4    18-8.15 of this Code, displayed as a percentage amount;
5        (L) a school district's administrative costs; and
6        (M) whether or not the school has participated in the
7    Illinois Youth Survey. In this paragraph (M), "Illinois
8    Youth Survey" means a self-report survey, administered in
9    school settings every 2 years, designed to gather
10    information about health and social indicators, including
11    substance abuse patterns and the attitudes of students in
12    grades 8, 10, and 12; and
13        (N) whether the school offered its students career and
14    technical education opportunities.
15    The school report card shall also provide information that
16allows for comparing the current outcome, progress, and
17environment data to the State average, to the school data from
18the past 5 years, and to the outcomes, progress, and
19environment of similar schools based on the type of school and
20enrollment of low-income students, special education students,
21and English learners.
22    Except as required by federal law or for data collected
23uniformly for all ethnic subgroups among the entire student
24population in this State, any data collected by the State Board
25under this subsection (2) pertaining to students may not be
26disaggregated by ethnic subgroups.

 

 

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1    As used in this subsection (2):
2    "Administrative costs" means costs associated with
3executive, administrative, or managerial functions within the
4school district that involve planning, organizing, managing,
5or directing the school district.
6    "Advanced academic program" means a course of study to
7which students are assigned based on advanced cognitive ability
8or advanced academic achievement compared to local age peers
9and in which the curriculum is substantially differentiated
10from the general curriculum to provide appropriate challenge
11and pace.
12    "Gifted education" means educational services, including
13differentiated curricula and instructional methods, designed
14to meet the needs of gifted children as defined in Article 14A
15of this Code.
16    For the purposes of paragraph (A) of this subsection (2),
17"average daily attendance" means the average of the actual
18number of attendance days during the previous school year for
19any enrolled student who is subject to compulsory attendance by
20Section 26-1 of this Code at each school and charter school.
21    (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the
22school district report card shall include a subset of the
23information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of
24subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating
25to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the
26school district, and the State report card shall include a

 

 

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1subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through
2(E) and paragraph (N) of subsection (2) of this Section. The
3school district report card shall include the average daily
4attendance, as that term is defined in subsection (2) of this
5Section, of students who have individualized education
6programs and students who have 504 plans that provide for
7special education services within the school district.
8    (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
9Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the
10State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to
11amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or
12State report card.
13    (5) Annually, no more than 30 calendar days after receipt
14of the school district and school report cards from the State
15Superintendent of Education, each school district, including
16special charter districts and districts subject to the
17provisions of Article 34, shall present such report cards at a
18regular school board meeting subject to applicable notice
19requirements, post the report cards on the school district's
20Internet web site, if the district maintains an Internet web
21site, make the report cards available to a newspaper of general
22circulation serving the district, and, upon request, send the
23report cards home to a parent (unless the district does not
24maintain an Internet web site, in which case the report card
25shall be sent home to parents without request). If the district
26posts the report card on its Internet web site, the district

 

 

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1shall send a written notice home to parents stating (i) that
2the report card is available on the web site, (ii) the address
3of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
4will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone
5number that parents may call to request a printed copy of the
6report card.
7    (6) Nothing contained in Public Act 98-648 repeals,
8supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in
9lawsuits pending on July 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public
10Act 98-648) in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of
11Public Act 97-8.
12(Source: P.A. 100-227, eff. 8-18-17; 100-364, eff. 1-1-18;
13100-448, eff. 7-1-19; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-807, eff.
148-10-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1121, eff. 1-1-19; 101-68,
15eff. 1-1-20; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; revised 9-9-19.)
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.